EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENT OF VOID FRACTION IN CRYOGENIC TWO PHASE UPWARD FLOW.

Author(s) : KHALIL A., MCINTOSH G., BOOM R. W.

Type of article: Article

Summary

EXPERIMENTS ON HELIUM AND NITROGEN WERE CARRIED OUT USING THE CAPACITANCE PROBE TECHNIQUE. TESTS WERE CARRIED OUT AT BOTH ADIABATIC AND DIABATIC CONDITIONS. ANALYSIS OF THE DATA INDICATES THAT THE SLIP RATIO (OBTAINED FROM QUALITY AND VOID FRACTION MEASUREMENTS) IS AFFECTED PRIMARILY BY PRESSURE, MIXTURE QUALITY, SUPERFICIAL VELOCITY AND TO A LESSER DEGREE BY THE SIZE OF THE TEST SECTION. THE DATA OF HELIUM AND NITROGEN IS ALSO COMPARED WITH THE PREDICTIONS OF LOCKHART-MARTINELLI, LEVY AND THE HOMOGENEOUS MODELS.

Details

  • Original title: EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENT OF VOID FRACTION IN CRYOGENIC TWO PHASE UPWARD FLOW.
  • Record ID : 1982-0362
  • Languages: English
  • Source: Cryogenics - vol. 21 - n. 7
  • Publication date: 1981

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